Connecticut western news., 1887-06-22
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hao parting interview with Anna. Ills last words were: "You'll not forget me, Anna, while I'm parted from you9 Pm a-coming back for you some day. Till then, ho river!"
 ''Till what2"
 ''That's bit of French, my dear. I've bin lcarning the langwidgc lately. It's something like good by, only more so. Ho river!' And so they parted.
 In the course of a few weeks Ben and his master were comfortably settled in a small German village near Bonn. The house where they had made their home was an old farmhouse that had once be- lonsed to noble family, but was now partly fallen to decay. It was inhabited by the present owner, who carried on the business of small farmer and wine grower. He had neither wife nor child, the domestic functions being super intended, and in great measure per formed, by sister. Naturally, therc- fore, it came about that Ben and Frau lein Schmidt were often in each other; company, and naturally also, Ben inn proved the occasion. If the Fraulcin, with womanly curiosity, asked about the Herr Westley, Ben was careful to explain to her that Herr Wesley was great baron at home, dwelling in man. sion with marble hals and gildcd ccil- ,ngs; that he, Benjamin Higgins, was the confidential companion of this said great baron, and that, though he (Ben- jamin) now appeared in the role of servant, he had a remarkably good posi- tion among the gentlemen of his native land. Aud the Fraulcin would listen with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes Sometimes in the evening, before the farmer had come home, as they sat to- gether by the house place fire, Ben would delight his listener with stories of the wonders of London. He had spent few hours there one day while attending upon his master, and he there fore felt competent to describe its prin- cipal sights, and where his knowledge failed his invention came 10 the rescue.
 True, he mixed things up little. He got the National gallery and the houses of Parliament under the same roof, Westminster Abbey and the Tower within stone's throw of each other, while the way to the Crystal Palace wss over Lcndon Bridge, and up the river, past Battersca Park. But this made no diff ;rcnce at all to his listener. Like D,sdemoaa, she drank in all his de- scriptions-
 "But still tho house affair would draw her
 thence;
 Which ever as she could with haste dispatch, She'd come again.
 All this was. fear, on Ben's part, a matter of calculation rather than senti- ment. That he wished to stand we'll, for the standings sake, in the eyes of his landlady, goes without saying, but the standing well brought with it and after it some advantages that were of infinitely more value to Ben. There were many things dear to Ben's heart, but none more dear than poached eggs and hot buttercd toast; and though those were "not in the contract" they were almost daily incidents of Ben's life. At first, it is true, he had not got on so well with his landlady, for notwith- standing the best intent tions, neither had been able to comprehend word said by tho other. Time, however, which works wonders in so many cases, brought amelioration in this, for Ben got a smat- tering of German, anl the Fraulein picked up few words of English, and from that time Ben was, to use his own expression, Ca made man." Though not endowed with large amount of wisdom he knew (which side his bread was buttercd," and he resolved to keep on good terms with the Fraulein, no matter who else might be offended. And the Fraulein herself grew really to like the big, boastful Euglishmap, and did her best to make both of her lodgers contented with their temporary home. This was about the position of affairs, when, some eighteen months after they had left England, Mir. Wcstly told Ben he should soon be re- turning. This was sad blow to Ben. No more poached eggs on hot buttered toast, no more idle days. He told the Fraulcin what tho Herr had said, and she, too, grcvcd. No moro stories about London; no more leaves from the stately genealogical tree; no more pleasant evenings.
 "And you must go?" she asked. "An6 shall never you no more see?"
 This set him thinking. Why should he 20 back2 And the thinking ended in rcsolution--he would not go back It came out in words at the first oppor- tunity: '1 do not mean to go back t England, Fraulcin, but shall settle dow in Germany, if l can get any work"
 "There is plenty of work on tn farm," said the Fraulcin.
 This did not altogether chime in witt Ben's view of life. Work was a thin! to be endured, not courted. Plenty l. eat and to drink, and nothing to do, wa B.n's domestic creed. Still, he coult work, and not work very hard; and he married the Fraulcin, the farm woul, be as good as his at once, and absolutel his some day. He might do worse; h
 feared he could do no better.
 '1've had some news from home, Ben that ought 10 please VOL Your olt